It was a lovely week at IslandWood this May, with every kind of weather. Warm and sunny, then cool winds with dramatic clouds and thunder, torrential spurts of showers, and back again to warm slightly humid air, scented with the fragrance of everything living. I brought a simple project for both the graduate students professional … [Read more...]
IslandWood Artist in Residence
IslandWood is an environmental learning center located on Bainbridge Island. For most students it is a westward trip from Seattle across the water on a Washington State Ferry. One of the highlights of my year, aside from spending time with my own grandkids, is being able to share the passion I have for weaving with plant-fibers with … [Read more...]
Indigenous Beauty Exhibit at SAM
Anyone interested in the high art forms of our North American Indigenous Peoples will appreciate this rare exhibit of the Diker Collection at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). In conjunction with this exhibit, on February 28, SAM brought in professional storytellers, dancers and musicians from many native communities who shared throughout the day; … [Read more...]
Seattle Art Museum-Feb 28, 2015
I'll be bringing in some of nature's winter gifts for a kid-friendly hands-on experience at the Seattle Art Museum, on Community Day, Feb 28, 2015. I'll be there from 10 til 3. There will be wonderful story-telling and dancing to celebrate the Indigenous Beauty exhibit. … [Read more...]
IslandWood Students 2014
This May I had the opportunity to bring a freshly cut Western Red Cedar tree with me to IslandWood so the young people I worked with each week could learn first hand why this tree has been, and still is, so highly valued by the Local First Peoples whose ancestors have lived along the rivers and shorelines of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of … [Read more...]
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